The third one, though, I’m not sure has the same issue. This third one has the worst swelling, and today I can see through what looks like the bubble. I have no idea what is causing this. Does anyone have any ideas for me?

That's called Dropsy. It's bad. It usually happens because of bad water quality.

Get the fish into a hospital tank, warm it up, get some salt in it, then start doing daily water changes on your display until the water is stabilized and the ammonia/nitrites/nitrates are within acceptable ranges (0,0, less than 40, respectively).

Like I said on your other post parasites cause bubbles that look clear it's kind of a lost cause to treat them because of their bent backs and dropsy. You are kind of late for treatment. I would before ever adding more fish disinfect your tank and always treat new fish. I got some guppies from a reputable breeder actually quite famous for their guppies all of his had worms it was a mess but got it fixed but now those fancy guppies have bent backs not to the point of yours but it's sucky.

Like I said on your other post parasites cause bubbles that look clear it's kind of a lost cause to treat them because of their bent backs and dropsy. You are kind of late for treatment. I would before ever adding more fish disinfect your tank and always treat new fish. I got some guppies from a reputable breeder actually quite famous for their guppies all of his had worms it was a mess but got it fixed but now those fancy guppies have bent backs not to the point of yours but it's sucky.

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Thanks, Dila. I was hopeful that maybe it wasn’t so bad. My water quality is almost always perfect: 0, 0, ~40. But I added five new panda cories, and it raised my ammonia, and I didn’t realize it until the second day.

The fish seems to be behaving normally, so I really hate to euthanize it. I will, though, if necessary. Do you happen to know anything about whether or not this condition is painful or uncomfortable?

Thanks, Dila. I was hopeful that maybe it wasn’t so bad. My water quality is almost always perfect: 0, 0, ~40. But I added five new panda cories, and it raised my ammonia, and I didn’t realize it until the second day.

The fish seems to be behaving normally, so I really hate to euthanize it. I will, though, if necessary. Do you happen to know anything about whether or not this condition is painful or uncomfortable?

I’m sorry to hear about your fish, too, although I’m glad they’re ok.

Thanks for your help.

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In my opinion they have dropsy and should be humanely euthanized. The kidneys shut down and their bodies take in water which also causes bloating and basically they suck up water and "drown" it's really sad to put them down but I feel it's better than to let them suffer when they start to pinecone there's not much we as fish keepers can really do. Sorry that you are going through this

In my opinion they have dropsy and should be humanely euthanized. The kidneys shut down and their bodies take in water which also causes bloating and basically they suck up water and "drown" it's really sad to put them down but I feel it's better than to let them suffer when they start to pinecone there's not much we as fish keepers can really do. Sorry that you are going through this

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OK. Yeah, it sucks for sure. I feel so bad. Thank you again for your help.

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